Ye Liuyun glanced at the list, silently thanking Shui Bingyue in his heart. It seemed Shui Bingyue’s guess was right, the East must have sent people to deal with him. If it weren’t for her reminder, he might have been caught off guard!

"Have these people departed?" Ye Liuyun asked Ma Wencai.

"They just left. I have confirmed the information, and it’s indeed only these people. I didn’t receive any news if there will be others coming along." Ma Wencai replied.

"Go back and pay attention to this news! Leave the rest to me! "Ye Liuyun instructed them, then sent them off.

He estimated that the people from the Eastern Royal Management would probably arrive first to deal with him. The Northsky Sect’s men would then be safe by the time they arrived.

He calculated the time. Even if the Eastern’s men arrived first, there should still be about two months. He had plenty of time to prepare.

Ye Liuyun immediately rallied the demi-beasts to the border area for a blockade. At the same time, he ordered Ye Tiandao to take the Blade Legion to act as scouts, only gathering information, and not allowing them to take action against strong opponents.

Then, Ye Liuyun dispersed the Dark Legion’s forces, only leaving some regular mercenaries in the city under the command of Cao Meng for defense.

Master Wei was in charge of coordinating various business matters, and the task of guarding the city had been handed over to Cao Meng.

Ye Liuyun also took everyone back to the Xuankong Stone and the Space World to enhance their strength.

Even the sixth-realm feral beasts and devil beasts were given priority training, urging them to upgrade to the seventh realm as soon as possible.

If it was really the Great Expert’s disciples coming, he wouldn’t worry too much. These people weren’t at the seventh realm yet, so they were all within his ability to handle.

Plus, the three disciples, one controlling zombies, one manipulating the Yin-soul, and one expert in poisoning, he could easily handle them all.

But if the Great Expert himself came, his losses might be considerable.

The men from the Northsky Sect were all known, so he was even less concerned. There was a Sword Master elder whose strength was quite formidable and had reached the seventh realm, along with the third and forth sacred disciple whose strengths were slightly stronger.

As of Jian, he was merely ranked last amongst the ten sacred disciples, unworthy of being in Ye Liuyun’s sight.

However, Ye Liuyun’s people had recently advanced their powers, and it would be challenging to promote themselves in such short time. To speed up their progress, he sent them all to the secret realm of Sect to hone their skills.

In the secret realm, there were many disciples of Sect already marked by Ye Liuyun, serving as their sparring partners.

Well aware of the difficulty of breaking through once again immediately, Ye Liuyun concentrated on honing his advance energy and directed his training to the Power of Heaven and Earth, Spatial Force and other powers.

Two months later, only Dragon Lady and the Vermilion Bird had only just advanced to seventh-tier among all of his team.

By then, the demi-beasts sent back a news, "There’s suddenly a large number of zombies and Yin-souls appeared in the zone, causing a heavy loss on our side! Some of our contingents were even completely wiped out with poison."

Ye Tiandao reported in greater detail, “A palanquin carried by the zombies managed to pass the Demi-beast Army’s line in the night. The identity of the person inside remains unknown. There were more than thirty zombies around it with ranks around fifth to sixth realm.

Another troop of dark soldiers charged straight through the army as well, around 3 to 5 thousands of them all riding on feral beasts. They’re both heading to Necropolis.

We’ve conducted an investigation on the poisoned Demi-beast troops, there has been a high number of poison bugs and animals appearing in the area. Their poison are not only fatal, but can also cause hallucinations. Some of the soldiers even died with faces filled with terror.”

Upon receiving the information, Ye Liuyun immediately led a thousand soldiers towards them. He tried to prevent them from entering the city, which would cause greater casualties.

Like them, Ye Liuyun traveled and searched at night, settled camp to rest during the day.

Everything was normal for the first two nights. However, by the third night, Ye Liuyun’s divine sense abruptly discovered a multitude of poisonous bugs and snakes on the ground in the distance.

Following them was a martial practitioner dressed like a beggar, a sack slung across his back filled with squirming poisonous insects.

"That’s the Great Expert’s third disciple Liao Changfeng. Blue Serpentine, Scorch, get rid of those poisonous creatures. Megalithic Ape, attach that beggar!" Ye Liuyun immediately commanded his three beasts to reveal their true form and attack Liao Changfeng.

Following the hoard of poisonous creatures was a figure clad in a black cloak, holding a pellet drum. This figure coincided with Dong Linghou’s memory of Meng Lianhun, the second disciple.

Further away was a palanquin carried by eight zombies, with the ability to block divine sense investigations. Ye Liuyun looked over with his Golden Phantom Eyes, only to find that the inside was empty.

"Hmm? The first disciple Ji Wujiang went into hiding in advance?"

Ye Liuyun was pondering in his heart when he suddenly noticed that Meng Lianhun had begun shaking his drum. Around him, the Yin-soul began to converge.

Ye Liuyun instantly cast a spell on him. A burst of golden light erupted from Meng Lianhun’s body, which gave him quite a scare. But he recovered quickly as the surrounding Yin-souls surged into his body one after another to help him resist the power of the Buddha’s halo.

His drum was shaking faster and faster, quickly summoning more Yin-souls to kill towards Ye Liuyun.

Then, distant melodious flute sounds came drifting over.

The ground began to crack open, with many zombies extending their hands out from underground to climb out.

Countless dead bodies were buried underground in the battlefield, which was convenient for him to use.

"Miaoyin, play your flute to disrupt their sound!" Ye Liuyun summoned Su Miaoyin to counter their attack.

As soon as her flute sounded, the zombies near Ye Liuyun’s team immediately stunned in place.

The people around Ye Liuyun were ordinary soldiers, who had already been terrified by the sudden appearance of zombies, the poisonous creatures in the distance, and the roar of the Yin-souls.

But all of these soldiers were conscripts and had signed contracts of loyalty. At Ye Liuyun’s command, they had no choice but to charge forward. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Ye Liuyun unleashed the Vermillion Bird and together they advanced towards Meng Lianhun.

Once Su Miaoyin located Ji Wujiang, she and the clone immediately went invisible and went after him.

Suddenly, the flute sound turned faster. All the zombies were moving towards Ye Liuyun and the Vermillion Bird.

Meng Lianhun shook his drum violently, and Liao Changfeng opened his bag behind him releasing several highly venomous creatures to block the attack.

The three of them had not expected to be restrained at every turn in their first encounter with Ye Liuyun. With their strength, they could easily deal with tens of thousands of troops.

Especially in this boundary field, their resources were inexhaustible. But they were now clearly not strong enough, so they could only temporarily retreat.

"They’re running away! Stop them!" Ye Liuyun immediately released everyone inside his spatial world.